Wifred II, Count of Barcelona

Wilfried I. II Borrell ( Borrell Guifré Catalan, Spanish Wifredo Borrell, † April 26 911 ) was a count of Barcelona, Girona and Barcelona Osona out of the house. He was one of the sons of the dynasty 's founder Wilfried the Hairy and the Guinedilda.

Life

Since his older brother Radulf had embarked on a clerical career, Wilfried Borrell was the principal heir of his father and inherited this in the most important rule centers in Barcelona, Girona and Osona. Apparently, he had, however, have to share the rule with his brother Sunyer. The other two brothers Miró and Sunifred were equipped with peripheral territories. As a senior member of the family led Wilfried, who was also called Borrell, next to the title of Count ( comes ) also to the Marquis ( marchio ), which identified him as a feudal lord in the old Spanish Mark and his priority over the brothers underlined.

His wife was called Gersende, probably a daughter of Count Odo of Toulouse and Albi Gersende, whom he had married yet by the year 898. The couple had a daughter, Richilda ( Riquilda, † 962), who married Viscount 933 Odo I of Narbonne. It may be that referred to in the years 911 and 913 Radulf, son of Count Wilfried, his son, if it was not identical with his brother.

Wilfried Borrell was 899 drawn to the West Frankish royal court in Tours -sur -Marne and was there by King Charles III. the Simple owned by the pagi of Osona and Manresa confirmed in writing. Probably he had previously done to the king fealty. He was the last Count of Barcelona, ​​whose personal presence is documented in the royal court. Some years later his nephew Wilfried II should be of Besalu 952, the last Catalan Graf ever visited the royal court, which illustrates the increasing autonomy of the historical region of Catalonia, the Frankish empire from the early 10th century.

Wilfried Borrell was 911 died and were buried in the monastery he founded the Church of Sant Pau del Camp in Barcelona. The started in the late 12th century and traversed by legendary tales deeds of the Counts of Barcelona after he was allegedly poisoned by his own child. His brother Sunyer took over the autocracy.

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